Telephone booth



April 14, 1936.

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Patented Apr. 14, 1936 ATT QFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a telephone booth and has particular referenceto means for mounting a telephone therein in different verticalpositions so that it will be in convenient location for 5 a standing orseated user.

The invention particularly relates to the type of telephone boothdescribed and claimed in my application, Serial No. 641,592, filedNovember '7, 1932, which discloses a booth of novel construc- 10 'tionand preferably of circular or polygonal form.

The various objects of the invention relating particularly to details ofconstruction will become apparent from the following description read inconjunction with the accompanying draw- 15 ings in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the improved telephone booth with the outerportion partially broken away to show the interior, certain of the partsbeing in section;

20 Fig. 2 is a sectional view illustrating the removable seatconstruction;

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same;

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation showing the means for securing the telephonein Various vertical posi- 25 tions;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section showing the same subject matter; and

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section showing the shelf and carrying memberswith the telephone re- 30 moved.

The booth comprises an outer wall 2 having an opening therein arrangedto be closed by a sliding door 4. This construction which is irrelevantto the present invention is preferably of the character illustrated inmy prior application. To the bottom 6 of the booth are secured uprights8 preferably in the form of metallic tubes which are also secured at thetop of the booth. Slots l6 formed in said tubes, and preferably havinglimited extent as indicated in Fig. 4, receive the turned ends of acarrying member !2, into holes M in which may be tapped screws it whichextend through openings it properly spaced extending through the tubewalls opposite the slots It. 45 These openings l8 are preferably solocated that the carrier may be fixed in two alternative positions inone of which it will support the telephone so as to be in properposition for the accommodation of a standing user and in the other ofwhich it will be in a position to accommodate a seated user.

The telephone 20 is secured to the carrying member in any suitablefashion. The lower end of the carrying member supports the usual shelf22 located below the phone.

A socket 24 is provided in a member 26 which may be secured to the wallof the booth by means of screws 28. The booth is preferably providedwith tapped holes to receive these screws whether or not it isoriginally intended to have a seat removably located therein. If at anytime it become desirable to place a seat in the booth, the booth is thenready to receive it with a minimum of manipulation required to secure itin place. Within the socket 24 is fixed by a set screw or the like theupright post 30 carrying seat 32.

By reason of the provision of the removable seat and also the verticaladjustment of the carrying member for the telephone, the booth may beselectively made for either type of use. The changes required can bemade very readily merely by the fixation of screws. The wires leadingfrom the phone may conveniently enter one of the posts 8 and extendthrough the same either to the bottom or top of the booth. These wiresmay be made of such length that vertical adjustment of the telephone canbe freely made.

It will be clear that numerous changes may be made in the embodiment ofthe invention without departing from the spirit thereof, as defined inthe following claim.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

In combination, a pair of parallel upright slotted tubular members, andmeans for fixedly supporting a telephone on said members at variousselected heights, said means comprising a telephone carrier havingflanges arranged to extend into said slots, and screws passing throughopenings in the members and threaded into said flanges to secure thecarrier to the members 45 only in certain selected positions.

PERCIVAL H. SHERRON.

